A gentle and warm ocean surf, feathery cumulus and fractus clouds at sunrise, gulls soaring and calling, a cool breeze tinged with the fresh scent of light rain and the salt air of the ocean in interwoven streamers of fluid flow—what more splendid start to a day may one experience? Sanibel FL (10 Nov 15) Looking SSE 26.4489, -82.1424 … [Read more...]
Stream in Forest Shadows
Light and shadow intermingle with plants, algal deposits, and a streambed strewn by forest and flood debris, all weaving a fascinating tapestry textures, light and shadow. For a couple hours, I explored one small stretch of this cool, moist creekbed in Indiana's Rocky Hollow Falls Canyon Nature Preserve, finding wonders large and small to admire and experience with appreciation. 3 NNW Marshall … [Read more...]
Miami’s Twilight Reflections
Gentle ripples on the surface of Biscayne Bay broke the reflected evening skyline of Brickell Avenue into ever-changing bands and shifting columns, never offering precisely the same scene from any given fraction of a second to the next. Miami FL (28 Nov 11) Looking N 25.7464, -80.1933 … [Read more...]
Legs of Lightning
This was a "striking" event in more than one meaning. Amazing, banded cloud forms transited the night sky amidst a profusion of in-cloud and cloud-to-ground lightning, all striking me as a profoundly awesome process to behold, and one that would continue for many more minutes. 6 W Little Axe OK (15 Jul 16) Looking NNE 35.23, -97.3016 … [Read more...]
Sundown Grooming
When I've found myself located between storms for a Great Plains sunset, a marvelous experience has unfolded. This was no exception. Under a tumultuously colorful sky crowned by the anvil of a supercell well to our SW, the good folks of Groom bid goodbye to another springtime day. 8 ESE Groom TX (25 May 10) Looking WNW 35.1824, -100.972 … [Read more...]
Updraft: Historic OKC Hailstorm
We thought it was too marginal of a chase day to mess with. That was mistaken. Several of us veteran chasers sat around the table at a lunch buffet, swapping stories of storms of yore and packing away piles of vittles, when a storm blew up fast on an old boundary NW of Oklahoma City. Tapping the boundary's vorticity reservoir and turning sharply rightward, it overcame many seeming weaknesses of … [Read more...]
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